One new monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, 11-methoxybumamine-17-0-3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoate (1), was isolated from Rauvolfia yunnanensis Tsiang. Its structure was identified by spectroscopic evidences. (C) 2009 Ming Hua Qiu. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.